Amazon's Reacher; CBS' Fire Country & Young Sheldon; and Starz's The Serpent Queen.
CBS' YOUNG SHELDON
- Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik will reprise their Big Bang Theory roles onscreen in the prequel's upcoming series finale - airing Thursday, May 16. Parsons starred for all twelve seasons of the former series while Bialik starred for nine seasons.
- No details were announced about how adult Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler will appear in the final episode. Notably, Parsons executive produces the prequel and also serves as narrator. Meanwhile, Bialik also lent her voice to the narration for a pair of episodes in Seasons 4 and 5.
AMAZON's REACHER
- Brian Tee, Johnny Berchtold, Roberto Montesinos and Daniel David Stewart have joined the cast of the drama's upcoming third season. Tee previously starred for eight seasons in NBC's Chicago Med and in the Amazon limited series Expats. Berchtold recurred on Starz's Gaslit and Hulu's Tiny Beautiful Things. Montesinos guest starred on CBS' NCIS: Los Angeles, ABC's The Rookie and FOX's 9-1-1: Lone Star. Stewart starred in the Hulu limited series Catch-22 and recurred on AppleTV+'s For All Mankind.
- Tee will play Quinn, a physically imposing and intimidating man. He was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army whom Reacher (Alan Ritchson) investigated ten years ago when he sold military secrets to hostile nations.
- Berchtold will play Richard Beck, a sensitive and artistic college student who lost his mother when he was young and is the only son of businessman Zachary Beck (Anthony Michael Hall). Five years ago, he was the victim of a traumatic kidnapping that left him mutilated.
- Montesinos will play Guillermo Villanueva, a DEA agent on the verge of retirement. He is the mentor and father figure of Agent Susan Duffy (Sonya Cassidy). Paunchy with bad knees and a good-natured sense of humor, he loves and cares about Duffy even though they bust each other's chops all the time.
- Stewart will play Steven Elliot, a clean-cut rookie DEA agent. He is a lovable guy who's fresh-faced, new to the job and still learning.
CBS' FIRE COUNTRY
- Paola Núñez will appear in an upcoming episode of the drama's second season. She previously starred for two seasons in AMC's The Son, in the second season of USA's The Purge and recurred on Netflix's The Fall of the House of Usher.
- She will play Roberta, Gabriela's (Stephanie Arcila) mother, who is dazzling, bright, bold and beautiful. Effusive, persistent, strong-willed and not one to keep quiet - but also with a certain elegant charm - she is eager to reconnect with the daughter she barely knows.
STARZ's THE SERPENT QUEEN
- Minnie Driver, Angus Imrie, Emma McDonald, Stanley Morgan, Philippine Velge, Rosalie Craig, Isobel Jesper Jones, Bill Miler, Ashley Thomas and Alexandre Willaume have booked recurring roles on the drama's upcoming second season.
- Driver (Good Will Hunting, Speechless) will play Queen Elizabeth I, the infamous "Virgin Queen." She goes toe-to-toe with Catherine de Medici (Samantha Morton) and is a woman of style, wit and experience.
- Imrie (Fleabag, The Crown) will play Henry IV, the son of Antoine de Bourbon (Nicholas Burns) and Jeanne d'Albret. He appears uncivilized to the unobservant observer, but in reality, he is quite an intellect.
- McDonald (Moonhaven, Low Rider) will play Rahima, who has grown in wit and confidence. She has now assumed an important position in Catherine's life.
- Morgan (The Sandman, Sexy Beast) will play Anjou, the younger brother of King Charles, who is non-conforming and capable of disruptive violence.
- Velge (Station Eleven, The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself) will play Margot, Catherine's eldest daughter, who is her polar opposite. She is incredibly charming, liked by all and seeks the truth.
- Craig (1899, Anatomy of a Scandal) will play Jeanne d'Albret, the self-righteous and disapproving wife of Antoine de Bourbon.
- Jones (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself) will play Edith, a protestant preacher to a group of loyal followers.
- Milner (The Flatshare, A Small Light) will play King Charles IX, the oldest son of Catherine de Medici, and the now King of France. Not a boy, but not quite a man, he is anxious to play king and get it right.
- Thomas (Them, Black Cake) will play Alessandro de Medici, a man possessed with great charisma and beauty and is the object of desire.
- Willaume (1899, The Wheel of Time) will play Montmorency, the wise and humorless Constable General of France. He is a loyal and serious servant of the king.
